“Who cares why. The only message we got is that Avon and Somerset Police can’t solve real crime. Boys, do not use your uniform we pay for as a costume to prostitute yourself for clicks.”

Police officers painted their nails to help raise awareness of modern slavery (Image: Avon and Somerset Police)

But Avon and Somerset Police revealed on Thursday (October 26) that they had received three reports of suspected modern slavery in nail bars and a car wash in the force area, which are now being followed up.

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Deputy Chief Constable Sarah Crew said: “This campaign will have made a real difference to lives. Someone who was going to pay £5 for a car wash now won’t. A victim who was feeling alone and helpless will feel brave enough to seek help because they now know that they can, how and from whom – and that we will believe them.

“And a criminal gang will be deterred because they know that they are no longer in the shadows and their business model will be disrupted as a result.”

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Bristol MPs Darren Jones and Kerry McCarthy also joined in with the campaign, painting their nails for a modern slavery debate in Westminster on Thursday.

Exective director of Unseen Justine Currell said: “This is exactly the kind of response we want from the public – an understanding that people are being exploited in nail bars, and then to have the confidence to pick up the phone and speak to someone confidentially about it.”